McKinley Benson is a filmmaker and alumnus of the Savannah College of Art and Design, graduating summa cum laude with a BFA in Film and Television. He is a director, producer, and writer responsible for dozens of narrative shorts, TV pilots, and documentaries, screening at Oscar-qualifying festivals around the world and garnering three Emmy awards.

In 2017, McKinley co-founded the independent production studio Room 330, dedicated to high-quality, storyteller-driven projects across film and television. Over the course of his career, he has had the pleasure of working with companies such as Netflix, Amazon Studios, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount, and XYZ Films.

Currently, McKinley is on the festival circuit with his first animated film, Two Ships, created in partnership with the Oscar-nominated production cooperative COLA Animation, while also developing a live-action series based on his Indie Grant-winning short, Clonely.